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Experts estimate Russia has 55 of the deadly weapons, but only five would be needed to destroy the East Coast of the US.

The atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki would look like “popguns” in comparison to the demolition the Satan missiles could inflict.

Dr Paul Craig Roberts, who served under Ronald Reagan administration, claimed the bombs would "wipe out three quarters of New York state for thousands of years”.

The Satan bomb are said to be capable of carrying up to 20,000 kilotons of nuclear material – making it one thousand times more powerful than the Nagasaki warhead.

A direct hit on New York would kill 4.5million people, injuring 3.6million and would spread radioactive material more than 600 miles away.

The devastating machinery will also allow for 10 smaller weapons, weighing around 550 kilotons, to be dropped across a much wider area and, making it almost impossible to intercept.

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Tensions have escalated between the two nations

The atomic bombs that Washington dropped on these helpless civilian centres while the Japanese government was trying to surrender, were mere popguns compared to today’s thermo-nuclear weapons

Dr Paul Craig Roberts

Dr Roberts said: “The atomic bombs that Washington dropped on these helpless civilian centres while the Japanese government was trying to surrender, were mere popguns compared to today’s thermo-nuclear weapons.

“One Russian SS-18 wipes out three-quarters of New York state for thousands of years.

“Five or six of these ‘Satans’ as they are known by the US military, and the East Coast of the United States disappears.”

Helpless children of the Syrian war

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Save The Children have visited war torn areas of Syria and documented the families and children at the centre of the war. 250,000 children remain trapped without food, medicine or electricity across Syria.